There are no political prisoners in Georgia, we do not have political prisoners, we have specific individuals who have committed specific crimes, – Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze told journalists.

According to Tbilisi Mayor, this issue could not be discussed with the ambassadors, because as he noted, no one would take responsibility for the illegality in the presence of diplomats.

“It has not been even discussed within the March 8 agreement and obviously could not be, because, in the presence of the ambassadors, no one would take responsibility for the illegality. Accordingly, the content of the agreement is given in the document, which reflects everything that the society has already seen,” Kakha Kaladze said.

When asked by a reporter that if March 8 agreement did not address the release of political prisoners, why did the US and EU ambassadors expressed concerns in the contexts of March 8 agreement, over the extension of custody term to Irakli Okruashvili, Kaladze answered that the statement by the US embassy was not linked to this case.

“The statements made by the US Embassy have nothing to do with it and you can read the statement made by the US Embassy. I repeat, and today Archil Taklakvadze spoke about it as well, who personally attended these meetings mediated by the foreign ambassadors, that in general there was talk about it, but immediately they received a clear rejection because it was impossible to do. No one will commit Illegality. You can read the content of the document of the agreement.

It should be noted as well, that ahead of achieving the agreement, we remember that Ugulava argued not to link the case of their release to the electoral system issues”, – said Kakha Kaladze.

Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze has urged foreign ambassadors, who mediated election talks between the ruling party and the opposition, to confirm that the Georgian Dream ruling party made no promise to release opposition leaders and members in the March 8 election agreement. He stated that making requests to the president, court or the Prosecutor’s Office to release the convicts would be illegal and wrong and the Georgian Dream would have never taken such a step.